Looking for an attractive textblock to bind, consider downloading my
translation of Ernst Collin's Der Pressbengel (as The Bone
Folder). It's all laid out in PDF to print double-sided for binding
in signatures (5 signatures of 16 pages each). Click
here to download, and for more go to the Pressbengel
Project blog.

Book
Conservation Catalog: The Book Conservation Catalog is a publication
of the Book and Paper Group of the American Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works. The Book Conservation Catalog is published
as a convenience for the members of the Book and Paper Group. Publication
does not endorse nor recommend any treatments, methods, or techniques
described herein.

Book Support Cradle:
Instructions by Tara O'Brien for making a folding book support cradle
for reading and displaying books at gentle angles.

Boxes for
the Protection of Books: A revised & updated version of the
previous 1981 volume, Boxes for the Protection of Rare Books: Their
Design and Construction by Lage Carlson, Margaret R. Brown, Library
of Congress Preservation Directorate. Designed to meet the needs of
book conservators, museum technicians, & curators in libraries &
archives who require a practical method for the construction of protective
boxes, which provide a safe method for storing, handling, & transporting
library materials. Protective boxing affords a non-invasive, cost effective,
& archivally sound way of dealing with large numbers of items or
entire collections. Covers: simple housings; phased boxes; portfolios;
double-tray clam shell box; book box with portfolio smaller/larger than
the book. Digital made available by HathiTrust - view from US-based
IP addresses only.

Edge
Gilding: Solid and rough gilding of book edges in this Tutorial
by Peter Geraty. Very good instructions.

Endpapers:
The following endpapers are examples of several endpapers currently
in use for different purposes. These endpapers were by Linda Blaser
and compiled from a class on endpaper construction taught by Donald
Etherington and Christopher Clarkson in September 1973. Part of the
Book
Conservation Catalog.

English
Case Binding Revisited: In England a case binding is essentially
the same thing as a traditional structure: the text-block is rounded
and backed at a 90 degree angle and the cover consists of two boards
and a spine stiffener, with small gaps in between as no French groove
is required. Industrial bookbinding has accustomed us to French grooves,
so much so that the absence of the latter makes a book look less ordinary.
By Benjamin Elbel

German
Stiffened Paper Bindings: Known as broschuren and steifbroschuren
in German, these brochures, pamphlets, and other related bindings have
long been a part of the German bookbinding tradition. These can range
from single section pamphlets with simple wrappers to adhesive bound
or sewn textblocks in wrappers, to hard cover variants. In all cases
the common thread is providing the texts with a simple yet functional
binding that may or may not be intended to be permanent.

Magazine Binding
for Leathercrafters: Instructions for doing full leather bindings
on magazines. End structure very similar to taking a paperback, stiffening
the cover and applying leather. By Johan Potgieter.

Medieval Manuscript Manual: This
manual was created in the course of various cultural heritage-projects
at the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University,
Budapest. It should offer basic information on the topic Medieval Manuscripts
to be comprehended and utilized also by non-specialists in the field.
It might be applied as general background knowledge, teaching module,
and distance learning unit.

Molded
Paper Spine: Instructions for the use of heavy handmade paper such
as Iowa's PC4 as a substitute for leather in rebacking, including over
raised cords. Instructions from the Conservation Lab of the Syracuse
University Library.

Origamic
Architecture: Describes a papercraft form which combines the careful
folding of origami, the detailed cutting of scherenschnitte, and the
precise paper engineering of pop-ups.

Paper
sizing: An explanation of the DIN series (non US, rest of the world
standard).

Paper Specification
Standards: U.S. Government Printing Office publication describing
the specifications for a wide range of papers and boards in use in the
printing and binding industries.

Phase
Box: Simple folded and taped enclosure, most used for brittle materials,
but easily adaptable. Instructions from the Conservation Lab of the
Syracuse University Library. Designed for use by work- study students.

Hugo Peller's
Pop-up Box: Instructions for making a combination slip-case with
dropspine box that makes the book "pop-up." Instructions and diagrams
by Jack Fitterer.

Sewn
Board Binding: Designed by Gary Frost, takes advantage of the sewing
and board attachment features of the earliest form of the codex but
has a final form that is more in-line with a modern case binding.

Parchment
Over Boards: Binding of books into parchment over stiff boards in
this tutorial by Peter Geraty.

Vellum
On Boards: Description of a case structure with step-by-step instructions
for covering in vellum that greatly reduces board warping. By Peter
Verheyen.

"Man, I am impressed. I covered the case last week when it
was raining, redid the fore-edge turnins (don't ask) and the boards
are still dead flat after sitting out for the past couple of days.
I think I'm gonna be using more vellum in the future. Thanks for
sharing the method." The Boss Dog.